What Revit Wants
I have previously posted about RevitPythonShell a number of times. In this post Dima Chiriacov gives a real-world example on using the shell to change the case of text.
There are quite a number of free add-ins which can easily change case too, like this one or this one (which also allows merging of text).
Read how to use RevitPythonShell at:
DP stuff: Convert Revit Text to Upper Case
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2013 Building Design Suite Overview
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Autodesk Revit 2013 Materials Editor
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Now that Update 1 for Revit 2013 is out, some of the larger firms will be deploying Revit 2013 for the first time across their corporation. Some of the smaller firms perhaps started using the new version as soon as it became available – they can live with doing some updates on a PC-by-PC basis, and they can live with some minor crashes.
What does your firm do?
Most (IT & Project Teams) agree that they will wait until the first service pack…re-patching an installed release is disruptive.
via
What is the Best Timeline for Upgrading Revit Software | Bradley BIM
You can Filter Sheets in the Project Browser by the “Print Set” – that is, by saved sheet selection.
I can’t believe I didn’t know this before…
Read more at:
Sheet Issue Dates | BD Mackey Consulting | The Revit Geek Blog
I received an interesting email from fellow Revit professional, Kale Munster – see below:
Mate,
Something that you might like to add to your blog. I have done a pretty severe stress test on the sketch edit mode overnight with approximately 5000 edits and it was stable (Revit Structure). One unfortunate thing that is back to happening is that the contextual “finish sketch” buttons decide to disappear again. This is as a result of double clicking on a family. Once the family opens and you return to the main file, they disappear. Easiest work around I have found is in the blog post below:
http://do-u-revit.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/missing-panels-in-contextual-modify-tab.html
Kale Munster
www.rmaeng.com.au
The workaround from Do-U-Revit that Kale links to should help in the short term. Here’s a quote:
“The second method makes the panels reappear so you can continue editing the sketch or finish/discard; here’s how you do it:
For some reason the panels come back. Obviously, do not switch back to the open families or you’ll lose them again!”
Alternatively, you could use my method, which is to apply a Keyboard shortcut to all of the ‘Finish’ commands. See link and image below:
Disappearing ‘Finish Sketch’ or ‘Finish Mass’ Ribbon Elements
Here are a few interesting (and in some cases controversial) quotes from new Revit blogger, the Pragmatic Reviteer.
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CPU – single threaded speed is the most important thing.
In my experience, the main key is that there is simply no need or value in “professional” grade cards like the Quadro and FireGl/FirePro series.
For the next few years, Windows 7 x64 is a safe bet for all non tablet needs, especially for Revit use.
Gigabit Ethernet is a must
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Read more at:
Infrastructure Requirements Increase | the Pragmatic Reviteer
I have posted about hardware a few times, but some of my posts may be showing their age:
What Revit Wants: Revit Hardware
What Revit Wants: Revit Hardware – compatibility and performance
Just use:
http://fulltextrssfeed.com/
The site is so simple it requires no explanation.
Web Update 1 was released a couple of days ago, and has been blogged, tweeted and reblogged. Here are the key links:
For Revit Architecture:
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Revit Architecture 2013 UR1 (32-bit) (exe – 52419Kb) |
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Revit Architecture 2013 UR1 (64-bit) (exe – 70831Kb) |
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English (htm – 32Kb) |
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English (pdf – 115Kb) |
Main page:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=20121970&linkID=9273944
For BDS or Revit OneBox:
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Revit 2013 UR1 (32-bit) (exe – 52419Kb) |
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Revit 2013 UR1 (64-bit) (exe – 70831Kb) |
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English (htm – 32Kb) |
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English (pdf – 190Kb) |
Main page:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=20121968&linkID=16831210
Revit MEP
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Revit MEP 2013 UR1 (32-bit) (exe – 52419Kb) |
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Revit MEP 2013 UR1 (64-bit) (exe – 70831Kb) |
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English (htm – 32Kb) |
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English (pdf – 121Kb) |
Main page:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=20122070&linkID=12828318
Revit Structure
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Revit Structure 2013 UR1 (32-bit) (exe – 52419Kb) |
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Revit Structure 2013 UR1 (64-bit) (exe – 70831Kb) |
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English (htm – 34Kb) |
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Main page:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=20122015&linkID=9280927
Personally, I am most excited about the first item on the enhancements list:
We have experienced many crashes running Revit 2013 and editing large sketches… hopefully this is fixed now.
A lot of you may have heard about it already, but if you haven’t:
Chameleon is a plugin for both Grasshopper and Revit with a focus on interoperability, simulation, and efficient practice workflows. Chameleon’s main advantage is its ability to facilitate easy transfer of geometric data between Grasshopper and Autodesk Revit, but also includes other valuable tools to make life easier, both in Grasshopper and Revit.
This latest version includes upgraded the functionality of the Curtain Grid management tools for Revit users. These tools now allow control of curtain panels in addition to the grids and mullions. There is also a preview to show the results of changes before accepting.
via
CHAMELEON � HIROSHI JACOBS
Heads-up / read more:
http://www.formfollowsperformance.com/2012/07/chameleon-grasshopper-revit-geometry-transfer-and-edit-params/
Steve’s post:
http://revitoped.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/chameleon-for-grasshopper-and-revit.html?spref=bl
More Grasshopper resources:
Perkins+Will Grasshopper Users Group
On a slightly unrelated note:
Video showing point based parametric functionality from Grasshopper to Revit Adaptive component (more about Geometry Gym here):
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To follow up the discussion of my quick and dirty Revit model OBJ exporter, I want to point out that Adam Nagy completed his series of posts on the AEC DevBlog on a Revit model exporter and viewer for iOS using an even more minimalistic custom data format for uploading to the cloud and viewing on an iOS mobile device:
While the OBJ format I looked at is more heavy-weight than Adam’s minimal custom format, my implementation includes some other enhancements which make it quite effective as well.
I have also heard of other home-grown viewer implementations with some support for switchback, individual element tagging and object identification based on VRML and on the Unity gaming engine.
If you are interested in a finely tuned exporter with more complete coverage and control over what gets exported, you might want to take a look at the open source STL exporter.
Finally, for high-end exporter requirements, the Revit IFC exporter is also open source.
via
The Building Coder: Running Language Code and More Exporters
